# 2019 FC Cincinnati season

The 2019 FC Cincinnati season was the club's debut season in Major League Soccer (MLS), and the fourth season of a team playing under the FC Cincinnati brand after three years in the lower-division United Soccer League (since renamed the USL Championship). The club finished with a league worst 6–22–6 record in their inaugural MLS season, setting a league record for the most goals given up with 75. FC Cincinnati missed the playoffs.

## Club
### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| General Manager | Gerard Nijkamp |
| Technical Director | Luke Sassano |
| Head Coach | Ron Jans |
| Assistant Coach | Yoann Damet |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Jack Stern |
| Athletic Trainer | Aaron Powell |
| Strength & Conditioning | Austin Berry |
| UC Health | Dr. Angelo Colosimo Dr. Brian Grawe |
Head coach Alan Koch was fired on May 7, 2019, after a 2–7–2 start to the 2019 season. Yoann Damet served as interim coach until Ron Jans was named head coach on August 3, 2019, becoming the third head coach since the club moved to the MLS.

### Roster

    As of match played August 3, 2019
| No. | Name | Nationality | Position | Date of birth (age) | Previous club |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 13 | Jimmy Hague | United States | GK | (1996-08-28) August 28, 1996 (age 28) | Michigan State Spartans |
| 18 | Spencer Richey | United States | GK | (1992-05-30) May 30, 1992 (age 32) | FC Cincinnati (USL) |
| 22 | Przemysław Tytoń | Poland | GK | (1987-01-04) January 4, 1987 (age 38) | Deportivo de La Coruña |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | Kendall Waston (c) | Costa Rica | DF | (1988-01-01) January 1, 1988 (age 37) | Vancouver Whitecaps FC |
| 4 | Greg Garza | United States | DF | (1991-08-16) August 16, 1991 (age 33) | Atlanta United FC |
| 14 | Nick Hagglund | United States | DF | (1992-09-14) September 14, 1992 (age 32) | Toronto FC |
| 17 | Mathieu Deplagne | France | DF | (1991-10-01) October 1, 1991 (age 33) | Troyes AC |
| 23 | Maikel van der Werff | Netherlands | DF | (1989-04-22) April 22, 1989 (age 35) | SBV Vitesse |
| 32 | Justin Hoyte | Trinidad and Tobago | DF | (1984-11-20) November 20, 1984 (age 40) | FC Cincinnati (USL) |
| 92 | Alvas Powell | Jamaica | DF | (1994-07-18) July 18, 1994 (age 30) | Portland Timbers |
| 96 | Andrew Gutman | United States | DF | (1996-10-02) October 2, 1996 (age 28) | Celtic FC |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 6 | Leonardo Bertone | Switzerland | MF | (1994-03-14) March 14, 1994 (age 30) | BSC Young Boys |
| 7 | Roland Lamah | Belgium | MF | (1987-12-31) December 31, 1987 (age 37) | FC Dallas |
| 8 | Víctor Ulloa | Mexico | MF | (1992-03-04) March 4, 1992 (age 32) | FC Dallas |
| 15 | Allan Cruz | Costa Rica | MF | (1996-02-24) February 24, 1996 (age 28) | C.S. Herediano |
| 16 | Derrick Etienne Jr. | United States | MF | (1996-08-25) August 25, 1996 (age 28) | New York Red Bulls |
| 19 | Corben Bone | United States | MF | (1988-09-16) September 16, 1988 (age 36) | FC Cincinnati (USL) |
| 20 | Jimmy McLaughlin | United States | MF | (1993-04-30) April 30, 1993 (age 31) | FC Cincinnati (USL) |
| 24 | Frankie Amaya | United States | MF | (2000-09-26) September 26, 2000 (age 24) | UCLA Bruins |
| 26 | Tommy McCabe | United States | MF | (1998-04-04) April 4, 1998 (age 26) | Notre Dame Fighting Irish |
| 27 | Fatai Alashe | United States | MF | (1993-10-21) October 21, 1993 (age 31) | FC Cincinnati (USL) |
| 33 | Caleb Stanko | United States | MF | (1993-07-26) July 26, 1993 (age 31) | SC Freiburg |
| 36 | Joe Gyau | United States | MF | (1992-09-16) September 16, 1992 (age 32) | MSV Duisburg |
| 45 | Emmanuel Ledesma | Argentina | MF | (1988-05-24) May 24, 1988 (age 36) | FC Cincinnati (USL) |
| 93 | Kenny Saief | United States | MF | (1993-12-17) December 17, 1993 (age 31) | Anderlecht |
| Forwards ||||||
| 9 | Fanendo Adi | Nigeria | FW | (1990-10-10) October 10, 1990 (age 34) | FC Cincinnati (USL) |
| 11 | Darren Mattocks | Jamaica | FW | (1990-09-02) September 2, 1990 (age 34) | D.C. United |
| 31 | Kekuta Manneh | Gambia | FW | (1994-12-04) December 4, 1994 (age 30) | FC St. Gallen |
| 81 | Rashawn Dally | Jamaica | FW | (1997-01-14) January 14, 1997 (age 28) | Memphis 901 FC |

### 2019 MLS SuperDraft picks

| Round | Pick # | Player | Position | College | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Frankie Amaya | Midfielder | UCLA | |
| 1 | 13 | Logan Gdula | Defender | Wake Forest | From Philadelphia Union |
| 2 | 29 | Tommy McCabe | Midfielder | Notre Dame | From Philadelphia Union via Chicago Fire |
| 2 | 30 | Jimmy Hague | Goalkeeper | Michigan State | From Toronto FC |
| 2 | 37 | Ben Lundt | Goalkeeper | Akron | From Philadelphia Union |
| 3 | 49 | Rashawn Dally | Midfielder | Quinnipiac | |

## Player movement
### In

| Date | Player | Position | From Club | Ref |
| July 2, 2019 | Maikel van der Werff | DF | SBV Vitesse | |
| August 7, 2019 | Joe Gyau | MF | MSV Duisburg | |

### Out

| Date | Player | Position | Notes | Transferred to | Ref |
| August 2, 2019 | Emery Welshman | F | Waived | Hapoel Haifa FC | |
| August 5, 2019 | Eric Alexander | MF | Waived | FC Dallas | |

### Loans in

| Player | Position | Loaned from | Loan start date | Loan end date |
| Caleb Stanko | MF | SC Freiburg | January 23, 2019 | |
| Kenny Saief | MF | Anderlecht | March 6, 2019 | June 11, 2019 |
| Andrew Gutman | DF | Celtic FC | August 3, 2019 | End of 2020 season |
| Derrick Etienne | MF | New York Red Bulls | August 7, 2019 | End of 2019 season |

### Loans out

| Player | Position | Loaned to | Loan start date | Loan end date |
| Ben Lundt | G | Louisville City FC | February 7, 2019 | |
| Tommy McCabe | MF | North Carolina FC | February 15, 2019 | May 29, 2019 |
| Logan Gdula | DF | Hartford Athletic | August 5, 2019 | |
| Rashawn Dally | F | Memphis 901 | March 5, 2019 | May 20, 2019 |
| Emery Welshman | F | Forge FC | March 8, 2019 | August 2, 2019 |
| Frankie Amaya | MF | Orange County SC | April 17, 2019 | May 2, 2019 |
| Hassan Ndam | DF | Charlotte Independence | May 1, 2019 | |
| Nazmi Albadawi | MF | North Carolina FC | May 29, 2019 | |
| Forrest Lasso | DF | Nashville SC | July 25, 2019 | |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Major League Soccer
#### League tables
##### Eastern Conference

2019 MLS Eastern Conference standings :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 8 | Chicago Fire | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 55 | 47 | +8 | 42 | |
| 9 | Montreal Impact (V) | 34 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 47 | 60 | −13 | 41 | 2020 CONCACAF Champions League |
| 10 | Columbus Crew SC | 34 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 38 | |
| 11 | Orlando City SC | 34 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 44 | 52 | −8 | 37 | |
| 12 | FC Cincinnati | 34 | 6 | 22 | 6 | 31 | 75 | −44 | 24 | |
* ↑ Canadian clubs could not qualify for the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League through MLS play.
* ↑ as 2019 Canadian Championship winners

##### Overall

2019 MLS regular season standings :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 20 | Columbus Crew SC | 34 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 38 |
| 21 | Sporting Kansas City | 34 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 49 | 67 | −18 | 38 |
| 22 | Orlando City SC | 34 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 44 | 52 | −8 | 37 |
| 23 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 34 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 37 | 59 | −22 | 34 |
| 24 | FC Cincinnati | 34 | 6 | 22 | 6 | 31 | 75 | −44 | 24 |

#### Results

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: October 7, 2019. Source: MLS
| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Stadium | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A |
| Result | L | D | W | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | D | D |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Numbers after plus-sign(+) denote appearances as a substitute.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | MLS | MLS | MLS Cup Playoffs | MLS Cup Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 18 | GK | USA | Spencer Richey | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | POL | Przemysław Tytoń | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | CRC | Kendall Waston | 25 | 1 | 24+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | USA | Greg Garza | 13 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | USA | Nick Hagglund | 24 | 0 | 20+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Mathieu Deplagne | 35 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | NED | Maikel van der Werff | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | TRI | Justin Hoyte | 18 | 0 | 16+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 92 | DF | JAM | Alvas Powell | 13 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | DF | USA | Andrew Gutman | 8 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | SUI | Leonardo Bertone | 26 | 1 | 22+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | BEL | Roland Lamah | 28 | 1 | 22+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | MEX | Víctor Ulloa | 28 | 1 | 22+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | CRC | Allan Cruz | 22 | 7 | 21+1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | USA | Derrick Etienne | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | USA | Corben Bone | 8 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | USA | Frankie Amaya | 21 | 0 | 15+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | USA | Tommy McCabe | 6 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | USA | Fatai Alashe | 11 | 3 | 4+7 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | USA | Caleb Stanko | 25 | 0 | 16+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | USA | Joseph-Claude Gyau | 8 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | ARG | Emmanuel Ledesma | 28 | 6 | 20+6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | NGA | Fanendo Adi | 14 | 2 | 7+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | JAM | Darren Mattocks | 21 | 3 | 13+8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | GAM | Kekuta Manneh | 29 | 5 | 15+12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 81 | FW | JAM | Rashawn Dally | 13 | 1 | 8+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Left Club During Season ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | USA | Forrest Lasso | 7 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | PLE | Nazmi Albadawi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | USA | Eric Alexander | 8 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 93 | MF | USA | Kenny Saief | 9 | 1 | 6+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Last updated: October 7, 2019
* Source: Team Stats

### Top scorers

| Rank | Position | Number | Name | MLS | MLS Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | 15 | Allan Cruz | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | MF | 45 | Emmanuel Ledesma | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | FW | 31 | Kekuta Manneh | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | FW | 11 | Darren Mattocks | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | FW | 9 | Fanendo Adi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | 2 | Kendall Waston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | 6 | Leonardo Bertone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | 7 | Roland Lamah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | 17 | Mathieu Deplagne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | 27 | Fatai Alashe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | 93 | Kenny Saief | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | FW | 81 | Rashawn Dally | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | 8 | Víctor Ulloa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 29 | 0 | 2 | 31 |
* Last updated: October 7, 2019
* Source: Team Stats

### Top assists

| Rank | Position | Number | Name | MLS | MLS Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | 45 | Emmanuel Ledesma | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | FW | 31 | Kekuta Manneh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | FW | 11 | Darren Mattocks | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | FW | 7 | Roland Lamah | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | MF | 93 | Kenny Saief | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | MF | 6 | Leonardo Bertone | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | MF | 8 | Víctor Ulloa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | DF | 17 | Mathieu Deplagne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | 19 | Eric Alexander | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | 15 | Allan Cruz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | 96 | Andrew Gutman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 36 | MF | Joe Gyau | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 25 | 0 | 1 | 26 |
* Last updated: October 7, 2019
* Source: Team Stats

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Player | MLS | MLS | MLS | MLS Playoffs | MLS Playoffs | MLS Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 6 | MF | Leonardo Bertone | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Kendall Waston | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Allan Cruz | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Víctor Ulloa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | Emmanuel Ledesma | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Mathieu Deplagne | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Nick Hagglund | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Justin Hoyte | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Caleb Stanko | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Forrest Lasso | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Frankie Amaya | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Fanendo Adi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Maikel van der Werff | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | DF | Andrew Gutman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Fatai Alashe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Greg Garza | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | Spencer Richey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | DF | Alvas Powell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | Kekuta Manneh | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Roland Lamah | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | MF | Joe Gyau | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 56 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 1 | 3 |
* Last updated: October 7, 2019
* Source: Team Stats

### Clean sheets

| No. | Name | MLS | U.S. Open Cup | Total | Games played |
| 18 | Spencer Richey | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19 |
| 22 | Przemysław Tytoń | 3 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
* Last updated: October 7, 2019
* Source: Team Stats

## Honors and awards
### MLS Team of the Week

| Week | Player | Opponent | Position |
| 2 | Nick Hagglund | Atlanta United FC | DF |
| 2 | Kenny Saief | Atlanta United FC | Bench |
| 3 | Spencer Richey | Portland Timbers | GK |
| 3 | Kendall Waston | Portland Timbers | Bench |
| 3 | Víctor Ulloa | Portland Timbers | Bench |
| 4 | Kenny Saief (2) | New England Revolution | MF |
| 4 | Kekuta Manneh | New England Revolution | FW |
| 4 | Greg Garza | New England Revolution | Bench |
| 6 | Darren Mattocks | Sporting Kansas City | Bench |
| 11 | Víctor Ulloa (2) | Montreal Impact | MF |
| 18 | Emmanuel Ledesma | Houston Dynamo | MF |
| 19 | Kendall Waston (2) | Chicago Fire | DF |
| 23 | Przemysław Tytoń | Columbus Crew | GK |
| 28 | Allan Cruz | Montreal Impact | Bench |
| 31 | Przemysław Tytoń (2) | D.C. United | GK |

### MLS Goal of the Week

| Week | Player | Opponent | Ref |
| 3 | Allan Cruz | Portland Timbers | |
| 4 | Kekuta Manneh | New England Revolution | |

### MLS Coach of the Week

| Week | Coach | Opponent | Ref |
| 3 | Alan Koch | Portland Timbers | |
| 4 | Alan Koch | New England Revolution | |